We don't need to remove the comments section entirely. We just need to be stricter about the standards we hold commenters to. You could fix a lot of the problems by:
1. Requiring a CAPTCHA for each comment to filter out bots.
2. Charge a small tix amount for each comment (1 or 2 tix). Shedletsky originally introduced this idea a few years ago.
3. Raise the account age requirement for comments.
4. Making use of cookies to prevent one machine from making comments on multiple accounts.
By the way, a lot of these people who lose their accounts are getting sent links directly to their inbox. I've seen it firsthand and it is also a problem here. |